# So who's your "most replied to"? (It's in your Doper profile)

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 17, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-most-replied-to-its-in-your-doper-profile/956240 "2021-12-17T20:40:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2021, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-most-replied-to-its-in-your-doper-profile/956240/81 "2021-12-18T08:16:47Z")

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I was completely surprised by the entire list for me.

ThelmaLou - 312  
Elendil\_s\_Heir - 171  
system - 162  
Snowboarder\_Bo - 130  
BrainGlutton - 119  
Rick\_Kitchen - 112

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2021, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-most-replied-to-its-in-your-doper-profile/956240/82 "2021-12-18T08:28:08Z")

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For me, they are:

@Beckdawrek - 1.7K  
@panache45 - 1.6K  
@Elendil_s_Heir - 946  
@Prof.Pepperwinkle - 538

Not entirely surprising, as these are enthusiastic participants in Thread Games, as am I. Plus **Beck** ’s “bad, bad, bad” threads in MPSIMS as well, to which I will often post. Then, we have

@edspellman - 478

Which surprises me, because while I do remember interacting with **Ed** a few times, I don’t recall interacting that many times.

And finally, we’ve got

@Cat_Whisperer - 447

Which again surprises me, because I thought that **Cat** and I had a lot more than that, over the twenty-plus years we’ve been in touch here.

An interesting exercise!

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2021, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-most-replied-to-its-in-your-doper-profile/956240/83 "2021-12-18T09:03:35Z")

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Mine. These are from thread games — thousands of replies.

Sampiro — 6,800  
RaftPeople — 2,800  
Zeldar — 2,000  
Idle\_Thoughts — 2,000  
Elendil’s\_Heir —917  
Mean\_MrMustard — 771

[[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/HkNj19e.png?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/CpNHh9o)

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**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2021, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-most-replied-to-its-in-your-doper-profile/956240/84 "2021-12-18T10:24:57Z")

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> [@Mighty\_Mouse](#):
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> I talk about cricket more than I thought.

Mine are also largely cricket related:

@Cumbrian  
@Stanislaus  
@lisiate  
@glee  
@Dead_Cat  
@AK84

Of those, I think only glee isn’t from the cricket threads.

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**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2021, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-most-replied-to-its-in-your-doper-profile/956240/85 "2021-12-18T11:12:46Z")

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> [@Teuton](#):
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> Mine are also largely cricket related:
> 
> @Cumbrian  
> @Stanislaus  
> @lisiate  
> @glee  
> @Dead_Cat  
> @AK84
> 
> Of those, I think only glee isn’t from the cricket threads.

How’zat then? 😀

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**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2021, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-most-replied-to-its-in-your-doper-profile/956240/86 "2021-12-18T12:04:36Z")

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I’ve never considered myself a lurker, but I may have to after seeing some of the numbers in this thread. 😃

My top five are:

- Chronos 109 - unsurprising. A prolific poster on topics that interest me.
- netzweltler 56 - Had to look them up. A “.999… = 1”-skeptic who participated in one thread in 2016
- Velocity 55
- Mangetout 52
- Quartz 40

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**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2021, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-most-replied-to-its-in-your-doper-profile/956240/87 "2021-12-18T12:15:50Z")

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**Cat\_Whisperer** 31  
**flatlined** 30  
**Grrr** 22

Which tells a lot about how much I (don’t) post, since I’ve been here since June '07.

And I hope flatlined is doing ok. Anyone know her? Last posts were well over a year ago and her impaired friend was in the hospital with Covid 😕

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2021, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-most-replied-to-its-in-your-doper-profile/956240/88 "2021-12-18T13:20:14Z")

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@panache45 - 241  
@Elendil_s_Heir - 205  
@Intergalactic_Gladiator - 190  
@Annie-Xmas - 186  
@Prof.Pepperwinkle - 133  
@Bullitt - 124

Lots of Haiku Madness players up in here.

mmm

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**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2021, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-most-replied-to-its-in-your-doper-profile/956240/89 "2021-12-18T13:40:29Z")

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> [@Lancia](#):
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> Man, Johnny _does_ get around, doesn’t he?

I’m starting to suspect he hacked the reply count function somehow. 🙂

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**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-most-replied-to-its-in-your-doper-profile/956240/90 "2021-12-18T15:01:28Z")

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> [@saje](#):
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> And I hope flatlined is doing ok. Anyone know her? Last posts were well over a year ago

I’ve wondered the same. Sadly, I have no direct contact with her, but I think of her cats often.

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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2021, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-most-replied-to-its-in-your-doper-profile/956240/91 "2021-12-18T15:04:24Z")

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Okay. Just so’s I understand (y’all know I sometimes have comprehension problems, due to being pathologically literal-minded): the list of “most replied to” on my profile page is the names of people that **I have replied to the most** , correct?

My list is  
@Rick_Kitchen - 305  
@asahi - 259 (remember him?)  
@Snowboarder_Bo - 183  
@Elendil_s_Heir - 170  
@JohnT - 160  
@running_coach - 153

* * *

What I want to know is who has replied **to ME the most**?

* * *

* * *

A couple of notes:

- I’m assuming this count is triggered by (1) if you hit the “reply” arrow in a post by the person listed, (2) or if you quote the person with a quote box in your reply.

- If you mention another poster and you want them to get a notification that you did, then put the @ in front of their name, e.g., @ThelmaLou. Even if their name is in the body of the post, this will trigger a notification to them. So, for example, the following did not trigger a notification to me or anyone else in this list (which is perfectly okay, just illustrating):

> [@Monty](#):
>
> I was completely surprised by the entire list for me.
> 
> ThelmaLou - 312  
> Elendil\_s\_Heir - 171  
> system - 162  
> Snowboarder\_Bo - 130  
> BrainGlutton - 119  
> Rick\_Kitchen - 112

- If you use the @ and mention someone in the body of a post, will that be counted as a reply?

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-most-replied-to-its-in-your-doper-profile/956240/92 "2021-12-18T15:14:47Z")

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[astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro) 201

[Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer) 182

[Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A) 150

[What Exit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit) 145

[silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus) 140

[Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos) 125

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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2021, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-most-replied-to-its-in-your-doper-profile/956240/93 "2021-12-18T15:41:50Z")

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> [@Asimovian](#):
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> @silenus  
> @wonky  
> @Rebo  
> @RickJay  
> @dalej42  
> @Cat_Whisperer
> 
> Several of those are sports-related. One is game-related. One is marriage-related. I’ll leave it to the reader to sort it all out.

Literally the only subject I know anything about is baseball so we all know why I’m on the list.

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2021, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-most-replied-to-its-in-your-doper-profile/956240/94 "2021-12-18T15:49:09Z")

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> [@ThelmaLou](#):
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> I’m assuming this count is triggered by (1) if you hit the “reply” arrow in a post by the person listed, (2) or if you quote the person with a quote box in your reply.

Based on mine, I assume that if you post in a thread, that’s counted as a “reply” to the OP of the thread. At least, I assume that’s why @Sampiro is at the top of my list with 2.6 thousand replies, and most of the others were the OPs on Canadope threads.

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2021, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-most-replied-to-its-in-your-doper-profile/956240/95 "2021-12-18T15:49:46Z")

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> [@ThelmaLou](#):
>
> What I want to know is who has replied **to ME the most**?

Life is not all about you. 😀

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**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-most-replied-to-its-in-your-doper-profile/956240/96 "2021-12-18T16:02:17Z")

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@EinsteinsHund 29  
@kayaker 28  
@k9bfriender 21  
@Colibri 16  
@Whack-a-Mole 16  
@running_coach 15

Half what I expected, the other half not at all.

> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
>
> Based on mine, I assume that if you post in a thread, that’s counted as a “reply” to the OP of the thread.

Based on mine: nope. Otherwise my highest reply number would be much higher than 29.

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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-most-replied-to-its-in-your-doper-profile/956240/97 "2021-12-18T16:09:29Z")

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> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
>
> Based on mine, I assume that if you post in a thread, that’s counted as a “reply” to the OP of the thread.

Yikes! I doubt that. Otherwise numbers would be much higher.

> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
>
> Life is not all about you.

Since when?? 🤨

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-most-replied-to-its-in-your-doper-profile/956240/98 "2021-12-18T16:19:28Z")

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@Czarcasm  
@aceplace57  
@BigT

Never would have guessed.

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**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-most-replied-to-its-in-your-doper-profile/956240/99 "2021-12-18T16:39:19Z")

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Pardel-Lux 6  
Hatchie 5  
Biotop 5  
NoGoodNamesLeft 4  
Mangetout 4  
Elendil\_s\_Heir 3

i also mostly reply to a thread rather than an individual poster.

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**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-your-most-replied-to-its-in-your-doper-profile/956240/100 "2021-12-18T16:39:58Z")

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@SenorBeef - I assume mostly Game Room chatter and PC stuff (340)  
@Agent_Foxtrot - No idea but I’m gonna guess politics/election based on their profile history (281)  
@Chronos - Game Room and general chatter across the boards (149)

Ironically, I recently had someone ask me about my frequent responses to them and they’re not in my Top Six. Which isn’t to say I haven’t been inadvertently responding a lot _lately_ (so their perception is valid) but I saw this thread and expected to see them there.

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